Hannie Lips

{{Short description|Dutch television announcer (1924–2012)}}

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|name = Hannie Lips

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|caption = Hannie Lips (1956)

|birth_date = {{birth date|1924|07|16|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands

|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|19|1924|07|16|df=y}}

|death_place = Laren, Netherlands

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|occupation = Television announcer, broadcaster

|yearsactive = 1948–66

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Hannie Lips (16 July 1924 – 19 November 2012) was a Dutch broadcaster and television announcer of among others Dutch public broadcasting association KRO.{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21103941/___Tante_Hannie__overleden__.html |title=Omroepster Hannie Lips (88) overleden - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [binnenland] |publisher=Telegraaf.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123134732/http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21103941/___Tante_Hannie__overleden__.html |archive-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead }}

She is best known to international audiences for presenting the Third Eurovision Song Contest in 1958 when it was staged in Hilversum, Netherlands. In addition she hosted the Dutch National Song Contest in 1960 and 1962.

Lips died in the Netherlands at the age of 88 in her hometown Laren.{{Cite web|url=https://eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/eurovision-presenter-and-dutch-tv-icon-hannie-lips-passes-away/|title=Eurovision presenter and Dutch TV icon Hannie Lips passes away|date=November 30, 2012}}